TheGreatGreen
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No way.
Funny how the OG Ultra Lead was one of the most intimidating and meanest looking amps ever made and the new one looks about as cool as an old VCR.
No way.
Funny how the OG Ultra Lead was one of the most intimidating and meanest looking amps ever made and the new one looks about as cool as an old VCR.
Eazy-ESP
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Oh FFS. Why Steve? Why?
7704A
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Where'd you get the picture? Also looks either edited, or AI. There's some wonky perspective going on with the knobs. Not saying that's you're doing.
Eazy-ESP
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I hope you are right and that guy is playing AI jokes. Steve Fryette was talking about how he was going to do something out of left field. I’ve been nervously waiting for years as to what that is because I just want to buy a Pittbull. Just a reissue will be fine with me.
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mnemonic
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I remember seeing only renders of the GPDI-ir before that came out, so might be real. Very odd if real though. I see power tubes in the back but no preamp tubes, digital front end? Who wants that from a tube amp maker?
I’ve seen enough bricked and unrepairable GP3’s to not be interested in tubes + unnecessary complexity.
I’ve seen enough bricked and unrepairable GP3’s to not be interested in tubes + unnecessary complexity.
BesaMoogie
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RedB4Black
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Axe Palace posted it on Facebook for pre orders and I grabbed the pics. Looks like he quickly deleted the post
RedB4Black
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Here is the official press release:
Fryette Amplification announces the launch of the Pittbull Ultra-Lead II 120 watt head.
From its introduction in 1995 up until its discontinuation in 2017, the Pittbull Ultra-Lead had long been the flagship of the Fryette amplifier line and customer demand and desire for the Ultra-Lead to be reissued has never waned.
The result of an uncompromising three-year labor of love, the new Pittbull Ultra-Lead II is a fully reimagined touring and recording tone machine, specifically designed to be the centerpiece of your playing and gigging environment. With this breakthrough product, Steve Fryette has created an innovative testament to the future of tube amplification.
We prioritized the most popular features and functions of the original Pittbull Ultra-Lead and then added a compact, lightweight form factor, flexible three-channel topology, a graphic EQ and super dynamic 120-watt power amplifier. Next, we incorporated the smoother harmonic balance of the former sister-ship, the Pittbull Hundred CLX and imported its personality into the Ultra-Lead platform by way of a Patent Pending power tube blending technology that extracts peak performance out of mixed pairs of EL34 and 6550 power tubes. Finally, we developed an all-new switching and signal processing platform that offers a stunning array of sonic possibilities in a slick, intuitive sound modification system that can be managed via the onboard LCD display or operated remotely via a custom graphical user interface.
“Many amp manufacturers view legacy product reboots in the most literal way possible, offering as accurate a reproduction as possible, given modern regulatory limitations. In our view, that approach is just uninspired and assumes that a great tube amplifier can’t be truly innovative. We believe that the Pittbull Ultra-Lead origin story was about moving beyond, and that is just as true today as it was in 1995” commented Steve Fryette.
Fryette Amplification announces the launch of the Pittbull Ultra-Lead II 120 watt head.
From its introduction in 1995 up until its discontinuation in 2017, the Pittbull Ultra-Lead had long been the flagship of the Fryette amplifier line and customer demand and desire for the Ultra-Lead to be reissued has never waned.
The result of an uncompromising three-year labor of love, the new Pittbull Ultra-Lead II is a fully reimagined touring and recording tone machine, specifically designed to be the centerpiece of your playing and gigging environment. With this breakthrough product, Steve Fryette has created an innovative testament to the future of tube amplification.
We prioritized the most popular features and functions of the original Pittbull Ultra-Lead and then added a compact, lightweight form factor, flexible three-channel topology, a graphic EQ and super dynamic 120-watt power amplifier. Next, we incorporated the smoother harmonic balance of the former sister-ship, the Pittbull Hundred CLX and imported its personality into the Ultra-Lead platform by way of a Patent Pending power tube blending technology that extracts peak performance out of mixed pairs of EL34 and 6550 power tubes. Finally, we developed an all-new switching and signal processing platform that offers a stunning array of sonic possibilities in a slick, intuitive sound modification system that can be managed via the onboard LCD display or operated remotely via a custom graphical user interface.
“Many amp manufacturers view legacy product reboots in the most literal way possible, offering as accurate a reproduction as possible, given modern regulatory limitations. In our view, that approach is just uninspired and assumes that a great tube amplifier can’t be truly innovative. We believe that the Pittbull Ultra-Lead origin story was about moving beyond, and that is just as true today as it was in 1995” commented Steve Fryette.
Eazy-ESP
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I feel bad because he is probably very proud of this idea and you know it may be cool. I do play a Kemper and am not opposed to progress. But damn man, couldn't this be a side by side with an actual straight up Pittbull offering? I have been waiting for a Pittbull for years. Not something with an LCD display.
Bossman415
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Fryette is a brilliant guy. From a marketing perspective, he may have missed the boat with what his target audience wants here.
I’ve been holding out on buying a used UL. It’ll be interesting to hear how this new Pitbull II sounds compared to the original.
Guys holding originals may just see the values if their amps go up.
Eazy-ESP
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Yeah it's like the first miss I've seen from him. I've watched him release great things for years now. Was not expecting this. I too have been holding out for a UL. Even if this is cool, it's never going to satisfy my desire for a straight up Pittbull. I like my amps analogue only.
So weird that we get a Deliverance II that makes sense and then his most famous amp gets this bastardisation. It's kind of reminding me of the Mustang Mach E. Just call it something different.
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thegame
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From Pitbull to a Chihuahua. “Help control the analog population. Please have your tube amps spayed or neutered” - Bob Barker
Zado
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New ESP/LTD stuff and prices for eu guys
Orange OR60
Schecter 50th Ann. stuff
USA
Diamond Series
Ibanez: too much stuff, check the site
https://www.ibanez.com/eu/news/detail/20251211100838.html
Worth mentioning the Abasi - Ibanez brawl for the Alpha model design.
Orange OR60
Schecter 50th Ann. stuff
USA
Diamond Series
Ibanez: too much stuff, check the site
https://www.ibanez.com/eu/news/detail/20251211100838.html
Worth mentioning the Abasi - Ibanez brawl for the Alpha model design.
TheGreatGreen
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To me that looks like they took a few pics from a few different angles and photoshopped them together to create the illusion of an infinitely far away perspective, where the overall shape of the unit looks flat like you'd see in a schematic.
All the knobs to the right of that part of the pic you show appear angled correctly for one perspective, and all the knobs on the left side of that image look like they line up from that perspective. So basically two shots with the camera in two different places, photoshopped together.
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BenoA
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I am curious to see if EBMM will have a 25th anniversary model of the JP?
Devin
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Maarcn3
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Seen some chatter but no real details yet.
Maarcn3
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Just rumors so far, curious to see what drops.
OldGtrGuy
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Somewhat, I dont like the digital interface but I can appreciate a smaller package, assuming it sounds the same as the OG.
The only problem there is now I'd want a power conditioner, rack mount tuner, Pro Rack G, and after all that its even heavier than the original defeating the purpose of the tidy little unit.
